Andrew Gold (born Andrew Maurice Gold, August 2, 1951, Burbank, California) is an American singer, musician and songwriter, best known in the United States for his 1977 Top 10 single "Lonely Boy" and the 1978 single "Thank You for Being a Friend." His best known solo single in the UK is 1978's "Never Let Her Slip Away".
He has the distinction of being the first human voice to be 'heard' on the surface of Mars: his rendition of the theme from the television series Mad About You, entitled "Final Frontier," w...